FOCUS ON SABAH
Mount Kinabalu the highest peak in South East Asia.
an opportunity to voice and address issues raised by the local communities. These issues would later be taken up to the Governor for consideration and deliberation.
Amongst the earliest laws that were passed by this legislative council that are worth noting are the Currency Ordinance of 1889, Shipping and Flags Ordinance of 1903, and Labour Contracts Ordinance of 1908 and many more. The first Land Ordinance was proclaimed in 1913 and was to form the basis and foundation of an improved Land Ordinance of 1930.
climate, hot and humid. However at higher elevation especially the Mountain a long the Crocker range the interior districts of Ranau and Tambunan the temperature is refreshingly cool and cold at night. Mount Kinabalu has its own climate and temperatures can drop to freezing point at night.
The Assembly
The history of the current State Legislative Assembly can be traced back to the earlier part of 1883 when Sir W.H. Treacher the first Governor of North Borneo (1881 – 1887) formed what was called the council of the East Coast. The reasons form the Council was that the East Coast Residency was rapidly progressing and with the formation of the Council it would
assist in his responsibilities. Initially an Advisory Council was mooted which was to consist of native representation. The Governor had other ideas and instead formed a Legislative and Executive Council similar in format to the existing in the crown colonies. So not surprisingly the council of the East Coast consisted mainly of ex-officio members with the governor as chairman of the council. In 1885 a Consultative Council for the whole state was formed. However the Consultative Council functioned irregularly. The members consisted solely of Europeans namely the Governor, the Residents, Heads of Department and an unofficial representative from the China Bakes Company In 1911, Sir Richard Dane
proposed that a more permanent body called the Legislative Council be established in Sabah to frame laws for the state. However there was no suggestion as to the inclusion of native representation in the Legislative Council. In 1912 a Legislative council consisting of six officials and three Europeans unofficial members was established met regularly for the purpose of Legislation. In the same year the Legislative Council was formed, an Advisory Council for Native affairs was also established as a means to actively involving the Native Chiefs in the administration of the respective districts. The establishment of the Advisory Council was an important step in the history of North Borneo as it provided for the first time
The administrative structure in the North Borneo which slowly took shape help to formulate ideas and policies of how a piece of legislation was to be enacted and enforced. The administrative structure consisted of a European hierarchy at the top i.e. the Governor, the Legislative Council and the various government departments, and at the regional level, the Residents, the District Officers and Assistant District Officers. This administrative structure was to form the basis of the government of Sabah before and after independence on 31st August 1963 and thereof up to the formation of Malaysia on 16 September 1963.
Legislative structure The major transformation in the structure from a Legislative Council to a new Sabah State Legislative Assembly is very significant and apparently different from that of the Legislative Council. The new structure signifies a quantum leap departure from a Legislative Council dominated by appointed members who were non local to that of local elected members although members were only elected to the Sabah State Legislative
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